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Really? So there's Homeland Security going after copyright infringement, now FBI. What's next? CIA? I've seen that in Europe they are already starting to use th
by nextparadigms 15y ago
Really? So there's Homeland Security going after copyright infringement, now FBI. What's next? CIA? I've seen that in Europe they are already starting to use the Interpol for such things.
When did copyright infringement become one of the biggest crimes one could do? It certainly seems to be on the Government's top priority list, not far below terrorism.
- shareme 15y agoBecause its easy to track and prosecute... hacker breakins, difficult to track and prosecute hence FBI pretending to do there jobs by taking the low hanging fruit..
- pavel_lishin 15y agoNot to mention, it's typically corporations with big pockets pushing for these sorts of investigations.
- tptacek 15y agoHomeland Security doesn't "go after" copyright infringement. DHS is a cobbled-together afterthought, the bureaucratic equivalent of Mr. Oogey-Boogey from Nightmare Before Christmas, a writhing collection of squiggley little agencies held together with stitched up burlap, created as a slapdash response to 9/11. One of those agencies is ICE, the (small) organization originally chartered with transcontinental IP enforcement. The part of our government that is supposed to enforce organized criminal infringement of IP is enforcing infringement of IP. It seems silly to get upset that they're doing so under the banner of "DHS". You'd rather it was DOJ? They'd be doing more than seizing domains.
- omouse 15y agoIt became the biggest crime because copyright control means control of what people can see, hear and talk about. There's a lot of money to be made in censorship and controlled conversations with consumers.